First Edition, First Issue Binding (2,000 copies printed). BAL 18751. Sterling was Jack London's best friend. By World War I, he would be known as the King of Bohemia and the poet laureate of San Francisco. In an accompanying essay to "A Wine of Wizardry," Abrose Bierce claimed not only that Sterling "is a very great poet - incomparably the greatest we have on this side of the Atlantic" but also that the poem itself ranked with those of Keats, Coleridge and Rossetti. Sterling's commitment to the metered and rhythmic confines of 19th century Romantic poetry placed him starkly at odds with the emerging free-verse and subjective inclinations of the modern poetry movement in Europe and the United States. Indeed, Sterling's work was consistently roasted by modernists, most notably Harriet Monroe, the influential founder and editor of the journal Poetry, who characterized Sterling's poetry as "the frippery of a by-gone fashion." By the time Sterling committed suicide in November 1926, in his Bohemian Club digs on Taylor Street, he had completed more than a dozen volumes of poetry and verse dramas, published in virtually every major literary magazine of his day and had been included in several major poetry anthologies, including Monroe's "The New Poetry" (1917). He also became a fine and widely published critic and essayist. Near Fine but for fading to spine cloth, in Good dustjacket, evenly chipped along top edge, inch chip off top spine end, chipping at lower front flap corner. Item #31148

First Edition, limited to 1500 copies. Uncommon poetry anthology which includes works by Hervey Allen, Stephen Vincent Benet, George Allan England, Joyce Kilmer, Du Bose Heyward, Leonora Speyer, Margaret Widdemer, Clement Wood, Harold Vinal, Sara Teasdale and many others. Scarce in dustjacket. Near Fine, contemporary inscription, in Very Good dustjacket, light stain to spine, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #21807

First Edition. Limited Edition signed and numbered by the author. This number 1120 of 1941.Poem celebrating the world's greatest city. Signed by author limitation page. Nice black and white city scape dustjacket art. Very Good with light staining to cloth at spine and spine edges in Very Good plus dustjacket with wear to spine edges, creasing and light surface wear to front edges, and short closed tear to rear bottom edge. Item #14279

First Edition. Original light green cloth, gilt lettering at spine, gilt decoration at front cover. Uncommon collection of Thompson's poetic works. Very Good plus, tipped in title page mildly detached at lower end, cloth showing some rubbing at spine ends. Item #12946

First Edition. Small octavo, original white boards with gilt decoration and original (but without print) dustjacket. Collection of poems and quotes, including several by Thoreau. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, light stain at lower spine area. Item #29196

First American Edition. Collection of poems dealing with movements in Spain, Germany, Japan and America. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with shallow chipping to top edges and top spine end. Item #13119

Presumed First Edition, no printing statement. Poetry collection critical of modern American society. Fabulous art-deco dustjacket design. Near Fine, small contemporary previous owner signature at front endpaper in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends, small abrasion at lower spine end. Item #37794

First Edition. Collection of poems by the Swedish winner of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature, and only the second of Von Heidenstam's works to be translated into English. With an introduction by translator Charles Wharton Stork. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few closed tears, small piece of scotch tape at top front flap corner. Item #26044

First Edition. Collection of poetry by American poet. Attractive orange and yellow boards. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for spine darkened and foxing to dustjacket panels. Item #18924

First Edition. Herbert E. Fouts dustjacket art. Collection of poetry that includes an early appearance of romance writer Edna Robb Webster. This copy nicely inscribed and signed by one of the contributors, David Gittleman, at front endpaper. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some staining at lower spine area, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41303

First Edition. Collection of poetry in 19th Century printed and decorative dustjacket. Photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, with facsimile signature. 250 pages. Near Fine, gift inscription at front endpaper dated 1900, in Very Good mildly soiled dustjacket, shallow edge chipping. Item #25998

Early Reprint Edition, with dustjacket featuring an image of Whitman at front panel. Probably from the 1910's or 20's. With "Facsimile autobiography variorum readings of the poems and a department of Gathered Leaves". Original decorative dark green cloth, gilt lettering, green dyed top page edge, frontis plate of Whitman with facsimile inscription. Uncommon early 20th Century edition of Whitman's seminal poetry collection, this copy exceptional for retaining the original publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Scarce. Near Fine but for unfortunate inked name and school at lower page edge, in Very Good dustjacket with modest soiling, shallow chipping at spine ends, flap corners and lower front panel. Item #25968